Bloom

Bloom is the women’s ministry of SLE Church. Twice a year, we gather to open God’s Word together, allowing it to shape our understanding of Christian womanhood and equip us to navigate its unique challenges.

As women of all ages and life stages, we seek to encourage and support one another, building the kind of intergenerational relationships modeled in Titus 2. Through Scripture and meaningful connections with each other, we grow in living out our faith, investing in each generation of women walking in Christ.

Bloom is open to all women of SLE Church aged 18 and above, seeking to bloom beautifully in the image of Jesus Christ.

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Identity Crisis

We live in a world of confusion about who we really are. Am I who others perceive me to be? Am I who I am working hard to become? Am I who I really know myself to be deep down? Is my identity something I can forge out for myself, or is it given to me? And to what extent do I listen to & accept what God says about who I am? Is His voice drowned out by the world, by Satan’s lies and by my own sinful desires?

Ladies, we need to get clear on who we really are! Because how we define ourselves has huge implications for how we feel about ourselves- whether discontented, proud, shameful, worthless, indispensable, average, unimportant, pleased, worth​while or superior. But most importantly, we need to get clear on who we really are so that we can be who we really are.

Upcoming SESSION

The Challenge of Identity in Christ

Saturday, 30th August 2025
1:30pm - 4:30pm AEST
SLE Church

If you have any questions, please email bloom@sle.church.

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Join us for Bloom this August as we continue exploring what it means to have our identity in Christ. Back in May, we reflected on the deep comfort of knowing our identity is secure in Him. Now in Talk 2, we will go further—considering how this identity shapes how we live and relate to others.

As those who are holy and dearly loved, our lives are to reflect Christ through love, peace, forgiveness, and thankfulness.

Together we’ll sit under God’s Word, and hear from some of our SLE sisters as they share honestly about the challenges they have faced and how they have found comfort and strength in living out their identity in Christ.

Whether or not you came to Talk 1, all women are warmly invited to come along! 

Previous Session

The Comfort of Identity in Christ

Saturday 3rd May 2025

In a world of confusion, God's Word gives crystal clarity as to who we are. Amidst all the uncertainty and instability about who we really are, we get profound stability as we understand the gospel and how through it we become united to Christ, and are 'in Him'. Where fear and anxiety about whether we measure up or are good enough plague us, we'll see how being 'in Christ' brings profound comfort, joy and direction to our lives.

You are invited to a special Bloom gathering:

Untangling Emotions

Saturday, 20 June 2020
1:30-4:00pm
Homes of various ladies at SLE Church

Have you ever felt happy, angry, anxious or upset? If you're human, then you would have felt all these emotions and many more, whether you'd consider yourself an overly emotional person or not!

Have you ever felt confused, ashamed or proud about how you feel? Or wondered whether it was right to feel how you did? Have you stopped to think about what causes your emotions, what's the impact of your emotions, and if there's anything you can do about your emotions?

The Bloom committee is excited to host our first event of the year, where we'll think about our emotions, from God's perspective, revealed in His Word. We'll meet in small groups of 5-6 people, listen to a Bible talk and then mull over it together, considering & discussing how it should change how we think & feel about our emotions.

Thankfully, God wants us to be able to understand and sort out our emotions, not leave them in a tangled up mess.

Have you ever felt happy, angry, anxious or upset? If you're human, then you would have felt all these emotions and many more, whether you'd consider yourself an overly emotional person or not!

Have you ever felt confused, ashamed or proud about how you feel? Or wondered whether it was right to feel how you did? Have you stopped to think about what causes your emotions, what's the impact of your emotions, and if there's anything you can do about your emotions?

The Bloom committee is excited to host our first event of the year, where we'll think about our emotions, from God's perspective, revealed in His Word. We'll meet in small groups of 5-6 people, listen to a Bible talk and then mull over it together, considering & discussing how it should change how we think & feel about our emotions.

Thankfully, God wants us to be able to understand and sort out our emotions, not leave them in a tangled up mess.